People Excellence Partner

Job Title - People Excellence Partner
Location - Framingham, MA

About the job
Reporting to the People Excellence Partner Lead, the People Excellence Partner (PEP) is responsible for delivering People & Culture (P&C) excellence and enhancing the employee experience through employee centered initiatives, core P&C processes, and enabling self-service. This role combines strategic partnership and forward-thinking advisory responsibilities with hands-on execution, proactively identifying opportunities to enhance organizational effectiveness and focusing on high-impact initiatives that drive business outcomes.
 

The PEP plays a dual role: acting as a trusted advisor for core P&C processes, employee experience initiatives, and organizational transformations, while also leading managers and employees through Performance Improvement processes — providing coaching, guidance, and consultative support to create a high-performing, healthy work environment.
 

The PEP will be forward-thinking, detail-oriented, and self-directed, with demonstrated experience in Human Resources and prior client-facing responsibilities. This individual takes initiative, operates with a sense of urgency, and thrives in a fast-paced, matrixed environment.

Ready to push the limits of what’s possible? Join Sanofi in one of our corporate functions and you can play a vital part in the performance of our entire business while helping to make an impact on millions around the world

About Sanofi
We’re an R&D-driven, AI-powered biopharma company committed to improving people’s lives and delivering compelling growth. Our deep understanding of the immune system – and innovative pipeline – enables us to invent medicines and vaccines that treat and protect millions of people around the world. Together, we chase the miracles of science to improve people’s lives.

Main Responsibilities

Partnership & Advisory

• Develop and maintain trusted partnerships with key P&C and People Services colleagues and the business, serving as a forward-thinking advisor who proactively identifies opportunities for P&C excellence and recommends solutions that align with organizational priorities and drive measurable outcomes

• Work closely with People Business Partners, COEs, Legal, employees, and management to address people-related matters holistically
   

Core P&C Processes

• Independently guide and coach employees and managers through core P&C processes, including year-end performance assessments, compensation planning, talent cycle, and talent acquisition practices

• Actively partner with People Business Partners to develop and execute plans for implementation and communication of key P&C processes focusing on high-impact initiatives that enhance organizational effectiveness

• Serve as a resource for Workday notifications, approvals, and minimal P&C-only transactions
   

Performance Improvement & Performance Management

• Provide consultative support and guidance to managers on the resolution of employee performance concerns, ensuring performance gaps are clearly understood to determine the appropriate ongoing coaching, corrective action, and/or formal performance management needed; partner with managers early to influence a culture of continuous feedback and high performance

• Lead managers and employees through the end-to-end Performance Improvement process

• Participate in analyzing, developing, recommending, and implementing Performance Management practices and procedures to proactively educate managers and P&C on performance patterns and best practices
   

Organizational Change & Projects

• Partner with People Business Partners and the business on large organizational changes — such as Reductions in Force, Expansions, and/or Reorganizations — owning project delivery end to end in support of the company's short- and long-term goals

• Support Merger & Acquisition and Divestiture activities

• Lead and manage successful change initiatives & people related projects, ensuring clear communication and stakeholder alignment throughout Compensation & Analytics

• Liaise with the business on compensation topics such as grading positions and salary analyses, engaging COE Partners and People Business Partners as needed

• Support specific analytical needs of People Business Partners and/or the business
   

Training & Development

• Assist in developing and support the delivery of training and other proactive measures to ensure a high-performing organi